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Dmytro, an engineer from Kyiv, still regrets not buying Bitcoin in 2009. Back then, the cryptocurrency seemed like an experiment to him rather than an asset that would one day be worth thousands of dollars. He has set aside $1,000 and is monitoring the market, determined not to miss a potential opportunity a second time.

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At 03:00 UTC on Monday, August 17, 2026, every spot trading pair for six tokens disappears from Binance. The assets affected are Across Protocol (ACX), Hashflow (HFT), PIVX, Vulcan Forged (PYR), Vanar (VANRY) and Viction (VIC). If one of them sits in your Binance account, that is the moment you lose the ability to sell…

Citi has confirmed it will begin holding $Bitcoin directly for clients before the end of 2026, folding the asset into the same custody rails it already uses for equities and bonds.

Currencies38584 Market Cap$ 2.27T+0.52% 24h Spot Volume$ 21.31B-1.01% DominanceBTC56.62%+0.90%ETH10.06%-0.22% ETH Gas0.10 Gwei Every major crypto trading segment contracted in July 2026 and spot volume reached a two-year low, while RWA perpetuals continued to grow, reaching 43% of on-chain perpetual volume. Gate led centralized exchanges in RWA perpetual open interest with a 49.6% market share and…

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Austrian crypto investors can fall back on a new instrument for the first time in 2026, one meant to make the tax return and the offsetting of losses considerably easier. For income accruing from the 2025 calendar year onwards, certain parties obliged to withhold capital gains tax must produce a standardised tax report on request.…

Today’s landscape for high-growth DeFi projects in 2026 is being shaped more by actual results and less by marketing. Decentralized finance has evolved from an unstable space to a stable $130-140B dollar ecosystem. As such, much of the capital within this space is focused on a small number of large players.

Strategy’s (NASDAQ:MSTR | MSTR Price Prediction) shares are rising Monday afternoon, up 5% to $97.95, but the headline this week isn’t today’s bounce. The year-to-date (YTD) scoreboard shows the Bitcoin treasury company trailing the spot Bitcoin ETF it was built to outperform.

Add to Google Preferred Sources Ethereum developers have pushed back the target timeline for the next mainnet upgrade, Glamsterdam, from the first half of 2026 to the fourth quarter. Simultaneously, the team launched Platåberget, a public testnet dedicated exclusively to Glamsterdam, allowing anyone to preview the upgrade before mainnet deployment. Platåberget is designed to simulate…